Elon Musk promised Tesla would soon have a million-mile battery, more than double what drivers can expect today. A new paper suggests he wasn’t exaggerating. Last April, Elon Musk promised that Tesla would soon be able to power its electric cars for more than 1 million miles over the course of their lifespan. At the […]
$3.3mn grant for Indian-origin researcher to manage battery waste
Sydney : An Indian-origin researcher at University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney has received $3.3 million grant to transform waste and resource recovery industry by developing advanced manufacturing capabilities that focus on small-scale processing of materials produced from battery and consumer wastes. Professor Veena Sahajwalla who is Founding Director of UNSW’s Centre for Sustainable […]
Tesla shows interest in India’s plans to build battery plants
The robust global interest comes amid the govt’s push to make India a hub for making EVs and their components India will need six gigawatt-scale facilities (of 10GWh each) by 2025 and 12 by 2030, according to a NITI estimate New Delhi: Tesla and China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd (CATL) are among the companies […]
Battery Startup With $4.5 Billion Plan Has Vision for Nordic Hub
Freyr AS, a startup planning to build one of Europe’s first battery gigafactories in Norway, has a bigger vision for the region: a “Nordic Battery Belt.” The Norwegian company is still gathering approvals, technology licenses and funding for its initial, 40 billion-krone ($4.5 billion) project in northern Norway. But it already sees the scope for […]
Why storage is the next big thing for the power sector
Battery storage could be the next frontier for the power sector in India where hardships from power outages are not a distant memory. From the outside, Tata Power Delhi Distribution’s office in Rohini looks like a part of any other electrical substation in the country. High-voltage cables and wires criss-cross each other above the premises. […]
Softbank Fund Makes Energy-Storage Bet With an Unusual Battery
SoftBank Group Corp.’s massive Vision Fund is making its first-ever energy storage bet — and it’s on a rather unconventional type of battery. The fund, created by Japanese tech giant SoftBank Group Corp., is investing $110 million in Energy Vault, a Swiss startup that’s using cranes and concrete to store energy. An electric crane hoists […]
Battery-powered ships next up in battle to tackle emissions
Four Japanese companies have teamed up to build the world’s first zero-emission tanker by mid-2021 that will be powered by large-capacity batteries TOKYO: The electric battery boom has a new target: ships. Four Japanese companies have teamed up to build the world’s first zero-emission tanker by mid-2021 that will be powered by large-capacity batteries and […]
Europe is beating the US in the battery race—with China’s help
The biggest reason we hear so much about electric cars is because of the falling costs of batteries. Lithium-ion batteries today cost less than one-fifth as they did in 2010. Within the next five years, some experts estimate that the total cost of owning an electric car—that is, upfront cost plus lifetime fuel cost—will be […]
Bavarian solar-plus-storage subsidy scheme launches today
A new subsidy scheme for residential solar-plus-storage installs is now live in Bavaria. The state in southern Germany will provide €500 (US$550) for a storage system of at least 3kWh and a further €100 (US$110) for each additional 1kWh up to a maximum of €3200 (US$3530). The storage system must be paired with a solar […]
Los Angeles County gas plant to be partially replaced by batteries and solar
An aging gas power plant in Glendale, California will soon be repowered by a combination of distributed solar, energy storage, and geothermal energy. Municipal utility Glendale Water & Power (GWP) received approval to move ahead with the project from Glendale City Council on July 23. Its original proposal, which consisted primarily of thermal generation and […]